Know everything about the buyer — before you write a word.
Bids are won by the supplier who understands the buyer's pain better than the incumbent does. Skim pulls every public source on the authority — their problems, their people, why they're going to market — into one place, so you bid on what they actually need.
Trusted by SMEs winning across the public sector
- lastminute.com
- Neverbland
- Kooba
- Passion Digital
- Faddom
- Playr-Fit
- Jethr
- Shape
- Times Higher Education
The buyer, in full
What are they trying to solve? Why now? Who's the procurement manager — and who are the end users behind the spec? Skim reads every public source on the authority — board minutes, FOI responses, NAO findings, committee papers, past awards — and builds a single picture of what the buyer cares about, what's hurting, and who decides.
- NAO·Jul 25EdTech adoption gapSchools using <30% of paid licences
- Cttee·Mar 26Legacy LMS underusedRenewal flagged as poor value
- FOI·Feb 26Procurement capacityCategory team understaffed
- NAO·Sep 25Cyber readinessBelow CAF target on 3 axes
- Hansard·Apr 26SME supplier mixMinisterial commitment unmet
The win, before the RFP
Once you know the pain, you can see whether the incumbent is solving it — and who inside the authority you should be talking to now, not when the RFP lands. The number one tactic for winning public-sector work is building the relationship before the opportunity is published. This agent gives you the names, the context, and the timing to do it.
- Decision
R. Chen
Head of Procurement
r.chen@•••••••.gov.uk+44 20 •••• 2841Signal · Signed last 3 awards in category
- Decision
J. Patel
Director, Digital Services
j.patel@•••••••.gov.uk+44 20 •••• 6109Signal · Named sponsor in board minutes, Mar
- Influencer
S. Okafor
Senior Category Manager
s.okafor@•••••••.gov.uk+44 20 •••• 3372Signal · Wrote spec on prior framework
- End user
M. Hughes
Service Lead, Operations
m.hughes@•••••••.gov.uk+44 20 •••• 5028Signal · Raised pain points in committee Q&A
The number that matters
The UK contracting authorities responsible for roughly 80% of SME-addressable public-sector spend. Skim profiles every one — and the 46,000 behind them.
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